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Isaiah 38 :: New International Version (NIV)

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Hezekiah’s Illness

(2Ki 20:1–11; 2Ch 32:24–26 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:1 - In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:2 - Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:3 - “Remember, LORD, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:4 - Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:5 - “Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will add fifteen years to your life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:6 - And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:7 - “ ‘This is the LORD’s sign to you that the LORD will do what he has promised:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:8 - I will make the shadow cast by the sun go back the ten steps it has gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.’ ” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had gone down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:9 - A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:10 - I said, “In the prime of my life must I go through the gates of death and be robbed of the rest of my years?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:11 - I said, “I will not again see the LORD himself in the land of the living; no longer will I look on my fellow man, or be with those who now dwell in this world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:12 - Like a shepherd’s tent my house has been pulled down and taken from me. Like a weaver I have rolled up my life, and he has cut me off from the loom; day and night you made an end of me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:13 - I waited patiently till dawn, but like a lion he broke all my bones; day and night you made an end of me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14 - I cried like a swift or thrush, I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens. I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:15 - But what can I say? He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this. I will walk humbly all my years because of this anguish of my soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:16 - Lord, by such things people live; and my spirit finds life in them too. You restored me to health and let me live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:17 - Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:18 - For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:19 - The living, the living—they praise you, as I am doing today; parents tell their children about your faithfulness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:20 - The LORD will save me, and we will sing with stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the temple of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:21 - Isaiah had said, “Prepare a poultice of figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:22 - Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the temple of the LORD?”
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